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StartEditing Method

Summary

Starts editing the given AnnObject.

Syntax

C++

public virtual void StartEditing(  
   Leadtools.Windows.Annotations.AnnObject annObject, 
   bool group 
)

Public Overridable Sub StartEditing( _ 
   ByVal annObject As Leadtools.Windows.Annotations.AnnObject, _ 
   ByVal group As Boolean _ 
)

public: 
virtual void StartEditing(  
   Leadtools.Windows.Annotations.AnnObject^ annObject, 
   bool group 
)

Parameters

annObject
An existing AnnObject to edit.

group
true to group this

annObject

An existing AnnObject to edit.

Remarks

This method is called by the AnnAutomation object in design user mode whenever an object is "selected" (by clicking it with the mouse usually). You can manually start the editing process of an object by calling this method.

If you have object(s) that are currently being edited in this AnnAutomation and you want to either create a new group or add an

annObject
An existing AnnObject to edit.

Example

This example will add a new rectangle object to the active automation of an automation manager. It will then "select" this object and make it ready for editing.

Silverlight C#

Silverlight VB

Imports Leadtools.Windows.Controls 
Imports Leadtools.Windows.Annotations 
 
Private Sub AnnAutomation_StartEditing(ByVal manager As AnnAutomationManager) 
   ' find the active automation 
   Dim automation As AnnAutomation = Nothing 
   Dim index As Integer = 0 
   Do While index < manager.Automations.Count AndAlso automation Is Nothing 
      If manager.Automations(index).Active Then 
         automation = manager.Automations(index) 
      End If 
      index += 1 
   Loop 
   If Not automation Is Nothing Then 
      ' add a new rectangle object to this automation 
      Dim rectObj As AnnRectangleObject = New AnnRectangleObject() 
      rectObj.Rect = New Rect(100, 100, 200, 200) 
      rectObj.Stroke = Colors.Blue 
      rectObj.StrokeThickness = 2.0 
      rectObj.Fill = Colors.Yellow 
 
      ' surround the changes to the automation by an undo 
      automation.BeginUndo() 
 
      automation.Container.Children.Add(rectObj) 
 
      ' "select" this rectangle and make it ready for editing 
      automation.StartEditing(rectObj, False) 
 
      automation.EndUndo() 
   End If 
End Sub

using Leadtools.Windows.Controls; 
using Leadtools.Windows.Annotations; 
using Leadtools.Demos; 
using Leadtools.Help; 
 
private void AnnAutomation_StartEditing(AnnAutomationManager manager) 
{ 
   // find the active automation 
   AnnAutomation automation = null; 
   for(int index = 0; index < manager.Automations.Count && automation == null; index++) 
   { 
      if(manager.Automations[index].Active) 
         automation = manager.Automations[index]; 
   } 
   if(automation != null) 
   { 
      // add a new rectangle object to this automation 
      AnnRectangleObject rectObj = new AnnRectangleObject(); 
      rectObj.Rect = new Rect(100, 100, 200, 200); 
      rectObj.Stroke = Colors.Blue; 
      rectObj.Fill = Colors.Yellow; 
      rectObj.StrokeThickness = 2.0; 
 
      // surround the changes to the automation by an undo 
      automation.BeginUndo(); 
 
      automation.Container.Children.Add(rectObj); 
 
      // "select" this rectangle and make it ready for editing 
      automation.StartEditing(rectObj, false); 
 
      automation.EndUndo(); 
   } 
}

using Leadtools.Windows.Controls; 
using Leadtools.Windows.Annotations; 
using Leadtools.Examples; 
using Leadtools.Silverlight.Demos; 
 
private void AnnAutomation_StartEditing(AnnAutomationManager manager) 
{ 
   // find the active automation 
   AnnAutomation automation = null; 
   for(int index = 0; index < manager.Automations.Count && automation == null; index++) 
   { 
      if(manager.Automations[index].Active) 
         automation = manager.Automations[index]; 
   } 
   if(automation != null) 
   { 
      // add a new rectangle object to this automation 
      AnnRectangleObject rectObj = new AnnRectangleObject(); 
      rectObj.Rect = new Rect(100, 100, 200, 200); 
      rectObj.Stroke = Colors.Blue; 
      rectObj.Fill = Colors.Yellow; 
      rectObj.StrokeThickness = 2.0; 
 
      // surround the changes to the automation by an undo 
      automation.BeginUndo(); 
 
      automation.Container.Children.Add(rectObj); 
 
      // "select" this rectangle and make it ready for editing 
      automation.StartEditing(rectObj, false); 
 
      automation.EndUndo(); 
   } 
}

Imports Leadtools.Windows.Controls 
Imports Leadtools.Windows.Annotations 
Imports Leadtools.Silverlight.Demos 
 
Private Sub AnnAutomation_StartEditing(ByVal manager As AnnAutomationManager) 
   ' find the active automation 
   Dim automation As AnnAutomation = Nothing 
   Dim index As Integer = 0 
   Do While index < manager.Automations.Count AndAlso automation Is Nothing 
      If manager.Automations(index).Active Then 
         automation = manager.Automations(index) 
      End If 
      index += 1 
   Loop 
   If Not automation Is Nothing Then 
      ' add a new rectangle object to this automation 
      Dim rectObj As AnnRectangleObject = New AnnRectangleObject() 
      rectObj.Rect = New Rect(100, 100, 200, 200) 
      rectObj.Stroke = Colors.Blue 
      rectObj.Fill = Colors.Yellow 
      rectObj.StrokeThickness = 2.0 
 
      ' surround the changes to the automation by an undo 
      automation.BeginUndo() 
 
      automation.Container.Children.Add(rectObj) 
 
      ' "select" this rectangle and make it ready for editing 
      automation.StartEditing(rectObj, False) 
 
      automation.EndUndo() 
   End If 
End Sub